DAY 3 of the 30 Day Song Challenge, alternative music styles!
Each day I’ll post the challenge and you share some of your favorite alternative & indie songs that meet the challenge!
3…. That’s the magic number!
Awesome band. Definitely summer vibes
Don’t get much better than LEN’s “Steal My Sunshine” for my money!
@ren it’s funny, my former boss was in this video. I have so much respect for Len after hearing the story. They basically knew they caught lightning in a bottle with that song and took a bunch of the labels money and used it to fly all their friends from St Catherines down to Florida to shoot a guerrilla video. No permits or anything, just getting drunk and fucking about on the boardwalk.
amazing! It’s a super fun album too.
Most of the times the label gives them a bill for that stuff and the band has to pay it back in album sales. Hope they knew that 😅
@Gingerlegs I’m trying to find some article from years ago that told the story of the video in depth. They seemed pretty well aware of the game they were playing. I think many one hit wonders have the idea it’s the start of a career, but Marc knew it was a rocket ride that was only going to result in a crash, so he just enjoyed it while he could, then fucked off to do the things he wanted to do in life with the money from a certified mega hit.
@ren and you are correct, this is the #1 A+ with a gold star summer song
Vampire weekend!
Mansard Roof has always felt very summery to me.
Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa, nice! Yeah, VW definitely gives summer vibes somehow
The Breeders-Saints
Usually struggle with picking just one for these but it has to be Hunnybee by Unknown Mortal Orchestra. Sunny days and smiles are all I get from this song!
Edit: Okay I lied about picking just one, there’s also L.S.D. by Skeggs, can’t go wrong with a “woohoo” and “so I’m just gonna enjoy the sunshine” for summer lyrics.
Actually found this harder than expected–most of the songs I associate with summer are the wrong genre, or became super mainstream. But I played this album extensively one summer, and this song in particular has that warm, stuffy evening vibe for me.
Crying Lightning - Arctic Monkeys
Not sure why but its got a strange summer vibe for me.
Babe rainbow! Beach vibes in the vein of electric acid Kool aid test https://open.spotify.com/track/742oWlfJlZRsX6SA2QLRtD?si=8ogit9ylRK-ixl-o0bss7A
Feels Like Summer by Weezer. Too on the nose? 😁
Oh! Sad I missed days 1 and 2. I’ll have to go back and take a look.
A summer song… Everything - Hooch - this song is just so chill and makes my body feel like moving. Always loved it.
yeah, after seeing people post the challenge on Mastodon, I thought it would be super fun to do one for our community, get some good alternative/indie tracks to discover!
The writhing south - Say Anything. I dunno man. Makes me happy! https://open.spotify.com/track/6NCjnGKa1Nj6blTwdnaNab?si=nzMqzh8sSg-Z5p9MOU5mYw
that’s all that matters!
Lost in My Mind - The Head and the Heart
For me, summer is best for that indie-folk foot stomping music. I was really into their debut album when it came out and I saw them live in the summer of 2011.
LOVE head and the heart!
Good call - we need to share some of their albums in this community.
Big D and the Kids Table -Shining On
Minus the Bear - Absinthe Part At The Fly Honey Warehouse
Pretty much the whole album’s a summer-soaked stomper but this one hits me with that nostalgic pang of young love heading somewhere for a romantic summer holiday.
20ish years ago I made a mixed cd for a bunch of friends when we were working at a summer camp. This song was dedicated to my best friend who lived just outside DC.
Smart Went Crazy - d.c. will do that to you (1997) https://youtu.be/PZTSIIhwi_A
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